Diversity

Upcoming ASP Diversity Events

Audre Lorde Festival:
Thursday September 27th
Book Reading 12-1PM in Shultz 3001 & Movie
Screening / Directors Presentation in Ives 101 at 7:00 PM

Audre Lorde's incisive, often-angry, but always brilliant writings and speeches defined and inspired the US-American feminist, lesbian, African-American, and Women-of-Color movements of the 1970s and 1980s. Audre Lorde - the Berlin Years 1984 to 1992 documents an untold chapter of Lordes life: her influence on the German political and cultural scene during a decade of profound social change. The film directed by Dagmar Shultz, explores the importance of Lordes legacy, as she encouraged Afro-Germans who, at the time, had no name or space for themselves to make themselves visible within a culture that ultil then had kept them isolated and silent. For the first time, Dagmar Shultzs, personal archival video-and audio-recordings reveal a significant part of the private Audre Lorde as well as her agenda to rouse Afto-Germans to recognize each other. 2012 marks the 20-year annniversary of Audre Lorde's passing. The book reading will be led by Ika Huegel-Marshall a close friend of Lorde's and Dagmar Shultz attended the film screening for some Q and A. FREE

Melba Pattillo Beals: Warriors Don’t Cry:
Thursday, September 27th at 7:00PM in the Cooperage

Melba Pattillo Beals is a journalist and member of the Little Rock Nine, a group of African-American students who were the first to integrate Central High in Little Rock, Arkansas. Beals' book Warriors Don't Cry chronicles the events of 1957 during the Little Rock crisis, based partly on diaries she kept during that period. She also wrote White is a State of Mind, which begins where Warriors left off. In 1958, the NAACP awarded the Spingarn Medal to Beals and to the other members of the Little Rock Nine, together with civil rights leader Daisy Bates, who had advised the group during their struggles at Central High. In 1999, she and the rest of the Nine were awarded the highest civilian honor, the Congressional Gold Medal. Only three hundred others have received this. Beals will be discussing her book and experiences. FREE

A Day with Lee Mun Wah - Student & Faculty workshops and trainings
Friday,October 12 at 8:30AM-5:30PM in the Green Music Center

Lee Mun Wah is an internationally renowned Chinese American documentary filmmaker, author, poet, Asian folk teller, educator, and community therapist and master diversity trainer. Lee Mun Wah is the Executive Director of Stirfry Seminars & Consulting, a diversity training company that provides educational tools and workshops on issues pertaining to cross-cultural communication and awareness, mindful facilitation, and conflict mediation techniques. StirFry Seminars has revolutionized the field of diversity through its internationally acclaimed films and seminars. Over 30 million viewers worldwide have seen The Color of Fear, as well as many of the other groundbreaking films produced and directed by Lee Mun Wah. In 1995 Oprah Winfrey produced a one-hour special on Lee Mun Wah’s life and the impact of The Color of Fear. The day will include workshops, trainings and keynote tailored to the needs of SSU faculty, staff and students. Stir Fry Seminars latest film “If These Halls Could Talk” will also be featured.
8:30 -11:00am – Faculty/staff workshop- “Resolving Conflicts in the Classroom” GMC lobby.
12-12:45 pm – Keynote speech “What Stands Between Us” - Weil Hall
1-3 pm – Student workshop- “How to Have A Dialogue Across Cultures” – GMC lobby
3:30-5:00 pm – Film and closure – “If These Halls Could Talk” – Weil Hall

Ariel Luckey- “Freeland: A Hip Hop Journey from the Streets of Oakland to the Wild Wild West”
Thursday November 1 at 7:30PM in Ives 101

Freeland is a dynamic hip hop theater solo show written and performed by Ariel Luckey, directed by Margo Hall, and scored by Ryan Luckey. The show follows a young white man’s search for his roots as it takes him from the streets of Oakland to the prairies of Wyoming on an unforgettable journey into the heart of American history. Caught between the romantic cowboy tales of his childhood and the devastating reality of what he learns, he grapples with the contradictions in his own life and the possibility for justice and reconciliation. Free Land weaves spoken word poetry, acting, dance, and hip hop music into a compelling performance that challenges us to take an unflinching look at the truth buried in the land beneath our feet.

Teatro Milagro Presents: B'aktun:
Thursday, Novemver 15 at 7:30PM in Ives 101

B'aktun, a bilingual Miracle Theatre production written by Portland playwright Dañel Malán, explores the prediction that drastic world shift will take place when the Mayan long count calendar comes to an end on Dec. 21,2012. While the spiritual side of the ancient prophecy fills plenty of space along the plotline, Malán also ties in contemporary issues of immigration, assimilation and identity that hit even more powerfully and poignantly than the thought of a wolrd that may be no more. Themes of acceptance and unification unfold to remedy the impending doomsday through a narratice of three main characters after they are deported from the U.S. to Mexico. In this case, the passing of the 13th B'aktun dosen't necessarily mean the end. Instead, it marks the breakdown of boarders and the beginning of a new understanding of social constructions and the natural world. FREE